Chronology

Photo by Maria Marquise, 2003

 

1943 – Born April 12, London

1952-56 – Chorister at Canterbury Cathedral Choir School

1956-59 – Birmingham School of Music (Midland Institute);
studies in piano, organ, oboe, trumpet and theory

1957-59 – Organist and choirmaster, Methodist church,
Smallheath, Birmingham

1959-67 – Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London;
principal studies: composition and piano

1967-74 – Formed and directed Mouth of Hermes, a professional
instrumental ensemble for new  and experimental forms of music;
toured widely in Europe, Scandinavia and the U.K. presenting
new compositions

1970-74 – Visiting lecturer in composition and 20th century studies, Hornsey College of Art

1972 – Formed and directed Anglo-Dutch Amalgam,
a new music ensemble

1973 – Featured composer/performer, Festival d’Orléans, France;
began musical travels and first attempts at ethnomusicological fieldwork
in W. Asia and N. India (Kulu Valley)

1974 – Visiting lecturer, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India

1974-77 – PhD student in Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA: PhD

1978-80 – Research Fellow in African Music, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya

1980-81 – Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Kenyatta University College, Nairobi

1981-91 – Senior Lecturer, Dartington College of Arts, Devon

1982 – Performs in duo with trombonist James Fulkerson

1984 – First commercial recording of several works for Orchid Records (Wheat)

1987  –  Ethnomusicological fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone

1990 – Featured composer, Yokoyama Festival, Japan;
featured composer, International Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany

1992-2010 – Joined Amsterdam-based new music group The Barton Workshop as pianist. Toured extensively and made CD recordings for Etcetera, Mode, Walpurgis, Conifer Classics, New World Records, and others

1992 – CD recording of compositions for Continuum (A Monkey’s Paw);
featured composer, Gaudeamus Foundation International Composers Week, Holland

1999 – CD recording of compositions for Etcetera (Finding Refuge in the Remains);
professor of Composition, Dartington College of Arts

2002 – CD recording of compositions for Tzadik (Fired City)

2005 – CD recording of compositions for Mode Records (Faint Traces)

2006 – Tour of Spain with the Barton Workshop

2007 – Tour of USA, Iceland and Korea with the Barton Workshop

2008 – CD recording of composition for Another Timbre (Music for Shakuhachi);
CD recording of compositions for Mode (Silenced Voices)

2010 – Closure of Dartington College of Arts;
awarded Emeritus Professorship by University College Falmouth;
composer portrait concerts in Los Angeles including Monday Evening concert series

2011 – Move to Oxford;
perform Feldman’s Triadic Memories and several works by Alvin Lucier in Warsaw

2012 – Featured composer and performer Tectonics Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland;
appeared as soloist in Promenade Concerts London playing Cage

2013 – UK premiere of The Colours of Jellyfish conducted by IIan Volkov, Tectonics Festival Glasgow

2015 – CD recording Whispers issued by Another Timbre

2016 – Portrait Concert in The World according to Bob a tribute to Bob Gilmore (1961-2015)

2019 – Received Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award

2019 – CD recording The Fish that became the Sun: Songs of the Dispossessed issued by Another Timbre

2019 – CD recording The Boundaries of Intimacy issued by Another Timbre

2019 – Book: In the Margins of Composition published by Vision Edition

2020 – Royal Philharmonic Society Award for The Fish that became the Sun: Songs of the Dispossessed